Chaotic Optimization

Andrew Andrade (andrew@andrewandrade.ca)
January 4, 2015

Slides online: mrandrewandrade.com/talks/chaotic-optimization-jan-4-2016

Deterministically Chaotic

The past determines the future

BUT

Approximate past did not approximately determine my future

Highschool

Port Credit: Science and Technology Program

Specialist High Skills Major in Manufacturing

Robotics!

Highschool Co-op

Machineshop! Sweeping -> Programming CNC

Before university: Chrysler!

1st co-op: Imtex membranes

startup doing gas filtration

got the job because of machine shop experience

Plastic Injection Molding

got the job because of machine shop experience

2nd co-op: Suncor (PetroCanada)

Reservoir engineering

3rd co-op: Peraso

Fabless Semiconductor

Hired for electrical/software

Ended up designing their first to market product

4th co-op: Facebook

Facebook Manufacturing!

Luck is

when preperation

meets opportunity!

Need more hands on experience!

Larry Smith:

Unfair advantage as UW students:

Co-op!

Learn what we like and what we don't
Hands on experience
Money!
Industry insight

5th co-op: PetroPredict

People cannot gain anything without sacrificing something.

All decisions come with costs!

Life's a Rollercoaster

Oil price

Global Petroleum Show

Learning: Business Need Comes First!

Pivot: Pipeline Risk

Taken from: http://www.mero.cz/ (can't put real data due to NDA)